Female Tattoo

Having a tattoo is a big decision to make as it’s going to be permanent. You need to ask yourself certain questions beforehand…

- are you fully satisfied with the design?
- will you get bored with it in the future?
- will the tattoo still look good in twenty years time when (let’s face it) your body might have sagged ever so slightly?

The first step must be to take a preliminary look through various tattoo gallery photos. This is vital if you are uncertain as to what type of tattoo to get. As you browse through the tattoo designs, you’ll stir up many creative thoughts and ideas which might just take you down a slightly different avenue than you originally planned. This is good!

With this in mind, you then need to fire up your computer and search the internet. There are many thousands of websites that provide a tattoo gallery for you to browse through. Grab a coffee as this will take a considerable amount of time. Don’t be tempted to rush as you might miss potentially good ideas and designs. Remember, if you make a wrong decision, removing the tattoo at a later date is going to be painful and expensive. Get it right from the start.

Where should you look? Well, here are a few starting points that you might care to try…

1. Bullseye Tattoos

This company is famous across the globe and has a huge, varied collection of tattoo designs on their website. Their tattoo gallery collection contains many trendy and beautiful tattoos. You can sample the work of many artists amongst the thousands of original tattoo designs.

The real beauty of this site is that you can select a design that you like, print it out at home and then take it to your local tattoo shop. From there, your favourite local artist can use it as a template for your tattoo. Also, remember, that you can print out as many tattoos as you like and hold them against your skin to get a better idea as to what it might look like for real. It’s similar to those tattoo transfers you used to get as a kid!

This system also alleviates any unrest you might be feeling about having a tattoo done in the first place. If you’re happy with the design, you’ll feel happier when you visit the tattoo parlor.

2. Tattoodles

This website also has a tattoo gallery and they have a feature spot where they showcase the work of a different tattoo artist every week. You may find that you begin to enjoy the work of one, or a small number, of artists. This is no different to enjoying the work of a painter, sculptor or composer. Tattoos are, after all, works of art made for the body rather than for hanging on a wall!

So, use these websites as a starting point to fire up your imagination, but visit plenty of alternative sites as well so that you can compare the work of many different artists. Remember, “Variety is the spice of life,” and you need many varieties of tattoo before you can make an informed decision that you will be happy with for years to come.

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The tattoo has been around for thousands of years. The word tattoo comes from the Tahitian word ‘tattau’, which means to strike or hit. Tattoos have been used as status symbols, amulets, religious symbols, decoration, and punishment. The earliest tattoos were found on female mummies in Egypt. The mummies were believed to be from approximately 2000 B.C. However, there is evidence that women had tattoos even earlier from figurines that were believed to be made around 4000 B.C.

It appears that primarily women received tattoos in ancient Egypt. It was first believed that women with tattoos were of low status. However, these female mummies were found in an area where the elite and royalty were buried. It is possible that the designs were meant to be amulets during pregnancy and birth. For the most part, the tattoos are concentrated on the abdomen, thighs, and breasts. The deity Bes was often tattooed on women’s thighs. Bes was considered to be the protector of women during labor and birth.

Archaeologists discovered a sharp point that was set in a wooden handle in Egypt that is believed to have been used to make tattoos around 3000 B.C. Bronze instruments from 1450 B.C. that are thought to have been used as tattooing tools were also found. These tools were very similar to tattooing tools that were used in the 19th century.

In Egypt, a tattoo was primarily made of dotted patterns that consisted of diamond shapes and lines and, as mentioned above, small figures of the god Bes. In order to make the dots typically a dark pigment, such as ash or soot, was placed in the pricked skin. While Egyptian tattoos were usually dark, other cultures, such as the Inuit, used lighter colors along with darker pigments.

There are many other early cultures that used tattoos. The people of the Altai Mountain region marked their skin with ornate tribal tattoos. A male body was found in the ice in 1948. His arms, legs, and body were covered with tattoos of animals. In 1993, a woman’s body was found in a tomb in the Altai Mountains. She had a tattoo of a mythical animal on her shoulders and more tattoos on her wrists and thumb. It is believed that the tattoo was a mark of nobility. The culture of early Britain also used tattoos as a mark of status and royalty.

Among the Romans and Greeks, the tattoo was used mostly to mark someone as part of a religious sect or to part someone as a criminal. The use of tattoos spread through the Roman Empire until Christianity began to emerge. Tattoos were then considered a pagan practice that disfigured the body and were banned by Emperor Constantine.

Some Native American cultures, such as the Cree, used tattoos to mark their faces with delicate and detailed patterns. The Japanese began tattooing their skin with intricate designs at the end of the 3rd century. Polynesian cultures also used elaborate tattoos that featured geometric designs that often covered the entire body.

The Maori culture of New Zealand used elaborate facial tattoos to mark individuals of high status. Each design was unique to that individual and represented specific information, such as rank and skills that have been mastered. Warriors were given their tattoo in stages in order to correspond with various stages in their lives.

Modern tattoos are amazing works of art that use many different colors and span all cultures. The tattoo artists of Samoa create their tattoos as they did in ancient times, without modern equipment. Many modern African cultures also use tattoos, from the facial tattoos of the Wodabe to the fine dotted marks used by the Berber in Algeria.

Although the tattoo is used in many different cultures, for the most part, their use seems to have begun independently in each. Both ancient and modern cultures use tattoos for therapy, protection, fashion, to mark people from different groups or religions, or simply a form of self expression.

Andy West is a writer for Bullseye Tattoos, providing great online resources for those interested in tattoo designs. Visit them at BullseyeTatoos.com for more information